A look at stallions and their progeny impact horse racing industry.
Santa Clara;s victory was sweetly timed – she is out of an unraced full-sister to champion sire Silvano and has a full-sister (#35) on offer at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale this week
Scott Bros stallion The Apache celebrated his first winner when the Gavin van Zyl-trained Adorable Analia stormed home to shed her maiden at her third start at Greyville on Sunday
With ten lots coming up on our two April sales, Nadeson Park stallion Time Thief registered a smart first Gr1 winner
Golden Sword’s finest moment came in the Gr1 Investec Derby at Epsom
Treble Gr1 winning son of Dynasty breaks the ice with early first winner
With only five runners on the track, Rathmor Stud stallion Noble Tune got off the mark at Scottsville on Wednesday
He is one of the very best sons of multiple champion sire Silvano and his 9 lots are turning heads after the first day of public inspections at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday
Highlands four-times Equus Champion sire Dynasty underlined his superb versatility and extraordinary ability to strike at the top-level again at Kenilworth on Saturday
Varsfontein Stud’s young stallion Master Of My Fate broke the ice just weeks after his first runner
Klawervlei Stud’s Pomodoro was represented by his first winner when his two-year-old son Lethal Weapon made a winning debut
Despite a decrease in the horse population and the sale of just 305 lots – 39 fewer than last year – the sale rose to expectations, achieving an impressive aggregate of R171 975 000 and an exceptional average of R563 852 per lot sold
When the hammer fell shortly before 15h00 on Friday on lot 346, a beautiful grey Ascot-bred son of Heavenly Blue, the scoreboard reflected that 303 of the 316 lots had sold over the two days for an aggregate of R171 425 000
